...had a brief stay in Amarillo.In the late 1970s through 1982, the AmarilloGoldSox were the Double A affiliate of the Padres in the Texas League.Gwynn...eligibility in 2007.And for one brief period, the great Gwynn was an AmarilloGoldSox.

...direct benefit to the downtown area and an indirect benefit to the rest of the community," Atkinson said.The AmarilloGoldSox were the Class AA affiliate of the San Diego Padres, who pulled out of Amarillo in 1982 because upgrades weren't...

...been following baseball in Amarillo since before the current stadium was built. Shinn, 75, attended his first AmarilloGoldSox game in 1946, when the franchise played in a field across the parking lot near where Dick Bivins Stadium sits...

...the San Diego Padres, Templeton was last in the stadium over 30 years ago when the Padres visited town to play the AmarilloGoldSox, San Diego's Class AA affiliate at the time, in an exhibition game."It still looks the same to me," Templeton...